Market realities are starting to bite, and the combination of Oban Mining (TSX: OBM) with three other companies is a good model to emulate at a time when most management teams in the junior mining sector are struggling to keep their…
VANCOUVER — Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has been carrying out business-wide spending cuts that it calls an “aggressive response” to weak market conditions.
VANCOUVER — Denver-based Stillwater Mining (TSX: SCW.U; NYSE: SWC) has made tough decisions in response to falling platinum group metal (PGM) prices, including layoffs and a focus on cost control that will hopefully better…
A year after selling its 50% interest in U.K. building materials group Lafarge Tarmac for US$1.6 billion, Anglo American (US-OTC: AAUKY; LSE: AAL) has reached a deal to unload two of its smaller Chilean copper mines to a consortium led by…
A year ago, South Africa’s Exxaro Resources (JSE: EXX; US-OTC: EXXAY) agreed to pay US$472 million to acquire 100% of Total’s (NYSE: TOT) South African thermal coal unit Total Coal South Africa Pty., which includes a majority…
VANCOUVER — IDM Mining (TSX: IDM; US-OTC: RVRCF) has taken a step toward production at its Red Mountain gold project — located 15 km northeast of Stewart, B.C. — after cleaning up its balance sheet and closing a private…
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) appears on track to achieve a US$3-billion debt reduction target this year after a few key asset sales, a streaming agreement and a commitment to cutting capital spending across the…
Newly listed First Mining Finance (TSXV: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) is on a mission to secure quality assets at cheap prices.
VANCOUVER — Canadian producer New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-MKT: NGD) appears to have filled a funding gap at its Rainy River gold mine under construction 65 km northwest of Fort Frances, Ont., with a US$175-million streaming deal with…
In a letter to shareholders earlier this year, Amir Adnani, chairman of Brazil Resources (TSXV: BRI; US-OTC: BRIZF), stated that the company’s strategy since its initial public offering in 2011 has been “to take advantage…
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) is offering to buy Romarco Minerals (TSX: R) in a friendly all-share, $856-million deal to secure low-cost growth in the form of the junior’s Haile gold mine, which is under construction in South Carolina.
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling a 50% interest in its wholly owned Zaldivar copper mine in northern Chile to Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO; US-OTC: ANFGY) for US$1 billion in cash. The deal will result…
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